Railroad-joint.



A. E. STINE.

RAILROAD JOINT. APPLIUATION FILED APR. 20, 1910.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

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RAILROAD-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

Application filed April 20, 1910. Serial No. 556,594.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT E. STINE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Avena, in the county of Fayette and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to rail joints and the principal object of thesame is to provide means for joining the meeting ends of rails so thatrelative movement thereof is prevented and in which the joint is of suchcharacter that the joint is practically a continuation of the rails sofar as size and appearance are concerned, and also to provide a joint inwhich splicing bolts are dispensed with.

In carrying out the objects of the invention generally stated above itwill be understood, of course, that the essential features thereof arenecessarily susceptible of changes in details and structuralarrangements, one preferred and practical embodiment of which is shownin the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthe improved rail joint. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional viewtaken on the line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view ofone end of a rail. Fig. 1 is a similar view of one end of a rail to bejoined to the rail end shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail perspectiveview of a hood for the joined ends of the rails.

Referring to said drawings by numerals, 1 designates a rail providedwith the usual fiat spiking flange 2, one end of said rail provided withan extension 3 the tread of which is cut away longitudinally to providea fiat seat A that is in alower plane than the tread 5 of the rail. Saidseat f at one side is cut away to provide a shoulder 6 that is parallelwith but in a lower plane than seat 4:. Said extension 3 terminates in aflat end that is adapted for flush contact with the similar end of rail7 that is to be joined to rail 1. Said rail 7 is provided with anoutwardly projecting end tongue 8 which is of sufficient size to befitted upon shoulder 6 of rail 1 and conforms to the contour of theportion cut away to provide said shoulder so that when seated thereon,it merges into the seat A.

The spiking flange 9 of extension 3 is reduced in thickness, and forms aseat for outturned end flanges 10 of a hood 11 that is fitted overextension 3 and tongue 8, said hood conforming to the contour of rails 1and 2 and when fitted over the connecting members of said rails, forms acontinuation thereof, as is shown in Fig. 1.

The spiking flanges of extension 3 and hood 11 are provided with spikeopenings 12-13 which register when in an assembled position, so thatsaid extension and hood may be spiked to a tie to prevent relativemovement.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is 1. In a rail joint, the combination ofa rail having a reduced end extension, said extension having a sideshoulder, a joining rail provided with an outwardly projecting tongueadapted to be seated on said shoulder, and a hood conforming to thecontour of said rails and adapted to be fitted over the connectedportions thereof.

2. A rail joint comprising a rail provided with a shouldered endextension, a joining rail having a tongue adapted for overlappingengagement with said shouldered extension, and a hood adapted to befitted over said overlapped portions of said rails.

3. A rail joint comprising a rail having one end portion cut away toprovide a flat rest and a side shoulder, a joining rail provided withmeans for overlapping engagement with said shoulder, and means adaptedto inclose the overlapped portions of said rails.

4. A rail joint comprising a rail having its tread at one end cut awayto provide a flat rest and a side shoulder, said end portion providedwith a thinned spiking flange, a oining rail provided with a tongueadapted to be seated on said shoulder, and a hood adapted to inclose theconnected portions of said rails, said hood provided with a spikingflange adapted to be seated on said thinned spiking flange.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

ALBERT E. STINE.

WVitnesses E. SWARM, EARL SWARM.

